Josep Maria Capdevila
Josep Maria Capdevila Balanzó (Olot, 1892- Banyoles, 1972), a graduate in law, studied at the Catalan University Studies. In 1919 he was appointed, with Joan Crexells, assistant to the Eugeni d’Ors philosophy seminary and was one of the founders of the Catalan Society of Philosophy (1923). He directed the magazine “La Palabra Cristiana”, initiated by Carles Cardó (1925). In 1929 he founded the Catholic newspaper “La Mañana” and was director until 1934, when he founded the Tarragona Art School Workshop with Joan Rebull and Ignacio Mallol. Exiled in 1939, he taught literature and philosophy at the University of Popayán (Colombia), and then at the Benalcázar Lyceum in Cali. He lived, since 1965, in Banyoles. With a deep education as a philosopher, he freely followed the modern Thomistic trends and studied Llull and Eiximenis. He excelled as a literary critic, especially of poetry, and published: Poetas y críticos (1925), Las cien mejores poesías de la lengua catalana (1925), Amigos y tierra amiga (1932), En el umbral de la filosofía (1960), Eugeni d’Ors, etapa barcelonesa (1965), Estudios y lecturas (1965), Del regreso a casa (1971), and other works, essays and articles on philosophy, sociology and literature. With his elegant and clear style, he had a great influence on the Christian renewal movement.
Programme
JOSEP MARIA CAPDEVILA
Olot, 13 and 14 December 2017
(Click here to download the programme in pdf)
Wednesday, December 13th
- Opening of the Symposium, by Joan Vergés Gifra, Director of the Ferrater Mora Chair and Joaquim Trias, Ferrater Mora Chair Sponsor
- Josep Maria Capdevila i la UDC, by Hilari Raguer (Abadia de Montserrat)
- Josep Maria Capdevila: maneres de ser, etiquetes, anècdotes i pensaments, by Joan Cortada (IES Montilivi)
- Josep Maria Capdevila, un intel·lectual conseqüent, by Joan Carreres i Péra (Capdevila student between 1966 and 1971)
- First table of papers: Retrat ideològic, psicològic i històric de Xènius per J.M. Capdevila, by Fonxo Blanc (Retired Professor of the Vilafranca del Penedès Institute Eugeni d’Ors ); Josep Maria Capdevila, la seva antropologia davant el posthumanisme i la categoria d’imatge de Déu (Gn 1,27), by Jordi Castellet (Institut Superior de Ciències Religioses - Vic) and L’estètica tomista de Josep Maria Capdevila, by Abel Miró (Institut Superior de Ciències Religioses - Vic). After the papers, a debate was opened with the attendees.
Thursday, December 14th
- Josep Maria Capdevila o la conseqüència amb un cànon: el noucentista, by Josep Murgades (Universitat de Barcelona)
- Josep Maria Capdevila, pensament social i polític. Dels Principis de Teoria Política de l’any 1927 als nuclis editorials a “El Matí” (1929-1934), by Josep Cortada (IES Narcís Xifra)
- Second table of papers: Pensar l’art en Josep Maria Capdevila, by Joan Cuscó (Universitat de Barcelona); Topografia ideològica de Josep Maria Capdevila fins 1939, by Fèlix Villagrasa (Historian) and Josep Maria Capdevila i la Societat Catalana de Filosofia, by Jordi Jiménez (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). After the papers a debate was opened with the attendees.
- Conclusion of the Symposium, by Josep Berga (Councillor for Culture of the Olot City Council), Maria Elisa Capdevila (Josep Maria Capdevila’s daughter) and Joan Vergés
Videos
Click here to see the videos of the conferences of the Trias Symposium about Josep Maria Capdevila.
Press Releases
La UdG reivindica Josep Maria Capdevila, by Alba Padrós, ARA newspaper, December 21th, 2017
Publication
In 2018 the proceedings of the Symposium were published in Documenta Universitaria. Here you can find more information. The volume is part of the collection “Names of Catalan Philosophy”, specifically number 15. The book was presented on Tuesday, March 15, 2019, at Bookstore 22 in Girona, with the participation of Joan Cortada, Joan Carreras y Péra and Joan Vergés Gifra.
See Eva Vàzquez’s article “El pensament sensat”, published in El Punt Avui on December 9, 2018 and also the press dossier of articles published in 2019..
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